Title: Made with CareLength: 255 wordsPrompt: clampanonmeme: Watanuki/Himawari, cooking.Pairing: Watanuki/HimawariOther: Set way back when.Excerpt: Watanuki liked to cook, but he only ever cooked for people that he liked. Or felt that he was obligated to, he would add, but it wasn't long before all of the people he was obligated to were people that he liked, even if he wouldn't admit it.

Title: Making LoveLength: 100 wordsPrompt: psych_30: 22. libidoPairing: Clow/YuukoOther: n/aExcerpt: Yuuko had never been loved before. It made the sex better.

Title: MeltingLength: 571 wordsPrompt: see lyric prompt below the cutPairing: Clow/YuukoOther: Eleventh in a series; table of contents.Excerpt: They looked like a couple. They looked like they belonged together. They looked... domestic. Here they were, lobbing snowballs back and forth, laughing, teasing the Mokona.

Title: MemoriesLength: 100 wordsPrompt: psych_30: 3. addictionPairing: Clow/YuukoOther: n/aExcerpt: She drank and she smoked, but she gave the impression that she could stop if she liked. He didn't doubt that she could, but it passed the time.

Title: MoonLength: 824 wordsPrompt: 31_days: 16 Oct 09 // bring me lasting lightPairing: Clow/YuukoOther: n/aExcerpt: He would call her things like, "Yuuko, the goddess of my heart," or "Yuuko, my beloved," when introducing her to others. She would just smirk and say, "This is the idiot, my colleague," and let their new friends make their own conclusions.

Title: More MinutesLength: 222 wordsPrompt: 6_cocktails: 6. artist's choice; from table 1: 2. Between the sheetsPairing: Clow/YuukoOther: established relationshipExcerpt: Yuuko poked her head out from underneath the futon and heard the rain pattering steadily. She sighed and slid back underneath the cover.

Title: Morning-AftersLength: 358 wordsPrompt: 6_cocktails: 2. GloomchaserPairing: Clow/YuukoOther: n/aExcerpt: She leaned across her couch, arm over her eyes, and watched as he wandered through and back again, pausing to pick dust off some of her treasures and scowl about the mess.

Title: Moving OnLength: 200 wordsPrompt: 30_cracks: 12. you think too muchPairing: Clow/YuukoOther: n/aExcerpt: "I'm tired," he said to her one day, the eighth day of the twentieth year they'd been together (looking the same age as he had looked, of course, the day they'd met).

Title: Moving OnLength: 100 wordsPrompt: psych_30: 10. approach-avoidancePairing: Clow/YuukoOther: n/aExcerpt: I can stay with Yuuko as we have been, gods among men, shapers of the world.

Title: Mr. Fluffers, Watanuki?Length: 1271 wordsPrompt: wtf27: 2. transformation (animals) Pairing: Watanuki/HimawariOther: n/aExcerpt: "Tell me again why I have to be a cat," he said, managing to spazz out much in the same way he usually did, despite lacking hands and elbows and a lot of other things he used to consider critical when one spazzed.

Title: Much of a RomanticLength: 439 wordsPrompt: Christmas 2008: Christmas is for lovers; Clow/Yuuko for lady_kikyouPairing: Clow/YuukoOther: n/aExcerpt: For their first Christmas together, he gave her roses. She improvised a vase from an old empty bottle of liquor and looked at him expectantly.

Title: NestLength: 132 wordsPrompt: writing_game Week 64: J+1, JealousPairing: slight Himawari/WatanukiOther: Spoilers for ch186.Excerpt: She knew it was better for Doumeki to spend the most time with Watanuki. If nothing else, Doumeki had a better straight face.

Title: Never to Heaven GoLength: 729 wordsPrompt: nonePairing: Clow/YuukoOther: vague spoilers for recent xH/TRCExcerpt: She'd never seen one of his bad visions, though she had the impression that they were infrequent. Even knowing of them, she was still rather shocked to step into his office one day and find him sprawled across the floor.

Title: No ComplicationsLength: Prompt: 1sentence: theme set betaPairing: Clow/YuukoOther: PG for sexual referencesExcerpt: Everyone who came to her wanted something; he was the only person who wished for her.

Title: Not a DateLength: 363 wordsPrompt: 50fantastic: 7. Hmm, my favorite fandom on your list would be xxxHOLiC and I see you don't write most yaoi couples but do you write Doumeki/Watanuki? Or otherwise just a non-yaoi fic on them. I love their interaction. As for the prompt: "If I could drop dead right now, I'd be the happiest man alive." (Quote by Samuel Goldwyn) Pairing: Doumeki/Watanuki pre-slashOther: n/aExcerpt: "If you were dead, how could you be the happiest man alive?" Doumeki said thoughtfully.

Title: Not a DateLength: 978 wordsPrompt: comment_fic: xxxHOLiC, Clow/Yuuko and implied Watanuki/author's choice, "We're chaperoning your date"; "IT'S NOT A DATE!"Pairing: Clow/Yuuko and slight Doumeki/WatanukiOther: Spoilers for ch182, rather more serious than one would expect from prompt.Excerpt: "I think he's missed you," the man said in an amused voice over Watanuki's head.

Title: Not MuchLength: 109 wordsPrompt: porn_battle: xxxHolic, Shizuka Doumeki/Himawari Kunogi, where is Watanuki?Pairing: Doumeki/Himawari; Doumeki/Watanuki; Watanuki/HimawariOther: There is no porn here. Really.Excerpt: Doumeki could kiss her scars with sincerity, and Himawari could smile and mean it, but in the end, they both loved Watanuki more.

Title: Nothing But LieLength: 539 wordsPrompt: November 1 // but the heart asks pleasure firstPairing: Clow/YuukoOther: n/aExcerpt: He wasn't the first man she'd ever fallen in love with, but he seemed to matter the most. In fact, he was the fifth, but perhaps he mattered most since he was last.

Title: One MoreLength: 91 wordsPrompt: no_true_pair: Yuuko and Clow with the title, "One More for the Road"Pairing: Clow/YuukoOther: drunkenness; implied deathExcerpt: But the drink quieted the spirits, quieted the visions, and sometimes Clow and Yuuko needed a bit of quiet.

Title: One Wing in the FireLength: 100 wordsPrompt: psych_30: 15. halo effectPairing: Clow/YuukoOther: n/aExcerpt: Initially he was taken in by her determined approximation of sinfulness.

Title: Other Worlds Than TheseLength: 903 wordsPrompt: see lyric prompt below the cutPairing: Clow/YuukoOther: Fourth in a series; table of contents.Excerpt: You know, Mokona said reflectively, watching Clow as he chased the fireflies around the yard, trying to convince them to land on his fingers, you are going to become close to him.

Title: Ourselves We Find in the SeaLength: 728 wordsPrompt: see lyric prompt below the cutPairing: Clow/YuukoOther: Thirteenth in a series; table of contents.Excerpt: It was Wednesday, perhaps, or maybe Thursday, and he was rubbing sunscreen onto her perfectly pale feet, when she sighed theatrically and stretched, curving her spine like a bow.

Title: Out of TimeLength: 1216Prompt: n/aPairing: Clow/YuukoOther: For chibidl, who lets me rant at her, and everyone whose theories I have read recently with too much interest. Spoilers for most recent chapters of xH and TRC both (180 and 220).Excerpt: He knew he'd spend the rest of his life apologizing to her, after that, but the worst part was that she didn't ask him to. She demanded apologies for the tiniest things in comparison.

Title: Outside EternityLength: 223 wordsPrompt: springkink 1 Jun 09 // xxxHOLiC - Clow/Yuuko - desire - your dress looks good on / you my love / and your house looks like / it's heavenPairing: Clow/YuukoOther: n/aExcerpt: At Clow's house, the cherry blossoms are always blooming, the petals always falling, and they tangle in Yuuko's hair as the two of them sit out on the verandah.

Title: Paid In FullWords: 1961 wordsPrompt: springkink: 17 Nov - xxxholic, Yuuko, Doumeki/Watanuki (Yuuko leaves the Shop and all attendant contracts to Doumeki.): long term high pressure situation - Set a fool to roast eggs and a wise man to eat them.Pairing: Doumeki/Watanuki pre-yaoi, mostly gen. Other: AU as per prompt. Does some weird things with mixing past and present.Excerpt: The next day he goes to school, because if a customer needs him, they'll find him. Watanuki has told him the story about the trip to Ginza and he knows about the twins Watanuki and Yuuko had first seen in the supermarket. Yuuko was good at being in the right place at the right time. He supposes he'll find out whether that is deliberate or not.

Title: Painter, PaintedLength: 2496 wordsPrompt: springkink 7 Nov 09: XXXholic, Clow/Yuuko: sensual usage of magic - magic inside of your fingertips Pairing: Clow/YuukoOther: R for explicit sex. Set pre-series, some spoilers for about ch182 of xH.Excerpt: "You are, in fact," she says dramatically, "the least likable person that I know. You're kind to everyone, and never angry, and you let everyone take advantage of you."

Clow lifts his eyebrows. "Really?" he says. "And here I thought friendliness was a pleasant trait. I shall stop it at once."

Title: PandemoniumLength: 739 wordsPrompt: 31_days: 5 Oct 09 // the cat learns a festival dance; comment_fic: XXXholic, Clow/Yuuko, Yes you got your spell on me baby / Turning my heart into stone / I need you so bad - magic woman / I can't leave you alonePairing: slight Clow/YuukoOther: As a reminder, the Hyakki Yako was the demon parade that Doumeki and Watanuki went to in volume 6 (ch61). Akari the cat-demon seemed to know Yuuko very well-- I'd be surprised if the witch hadn't been to one before, at least once.Excerpt: "I owe you many debts," Clow answered easily, his hands tracing over the hozuki, "but you don't have many friends, do you, Yuuko-chan?"

Title: Passing in the NightLength: 118 wordsPrompt: Watanuki/Himawari for claire_chanPairing: Watanuki/HimawariOther: character deathExcerpt: The day of Himawari's funeral, Watanuki stood by the coffin for a very long time.

Title: PetLength: 518 wordsPrompt: 31_days: Nov 19 // god's lioness; 30_cracks: 28. tensai or baka?Pairing: Clow/YuukoOther: n/aExcerpt: He learned after a while that all of the stories were true. She helped him as he spilled the blood and etched the diagrams.

Title: PossessedLength: 100 wordsPrompt: psych_30: 26. obsessionPairing: Clow/YuukoOther: n/aExcerpt: His fascination with creation was an obsession leading to late nights and lonely beds.

Title: Possession as a Form of CommunicationLength: 789 wordsPrompt: fic_on_demand: an alternate take on Watanuki's origin for the Valentine's Day eventPairing: Yuuko and Watanuki genOther: AU (Watanuki's origin)Excerpt: "We cannot play this game any longer," she says, looking up at him, her eyes sharp, and he's already preparing an annoyed retort, but something in her face stops his voice in his throat.

Title: PowerLength: 100 wordsPrompt: psych_30: 11. castration anxietyPairing: Clow/YuukoOther: n/aExcerpt: I was young when the visions started. I hated that I could do nothing.

Title: The Power of WordsLength: 493 wordsPrompt: n/aPairing: Clow/YuukoOther: PG for sexual implications.Excerpt: You couldn't know someone for as long as Yuuko had known Clow without picking up things. She knew enough English to get by and enough Chinese swearwords to make him blush.

Title: PrideLength: 1674 wordsPrompt: springkink 8 Nov 09 - xxxholic, Yuuko/Haruka/Clow: oral sex in the dream world from which all worlds can be reached - Wine in the bottle does not quench thirst Pairing: Yuuko/Haruka/Clow; mostly Clow/YuukoOther: R for sex; unbalanced threesome. Set pre-series, some attempts to be canon-compliant.Excerpt: "The dream world connects to all worlds," he replied, stroking her hair to one side and pressing gentle kisses into her shoulder, "but you know that your world is particularly difficult to dream into. You do not have pleasant dreams, my love."

Title: ProgressionLength: 214 wordsPrompt: 31_days: 3 Oct 09 // There are no strangers under cherry blossomsPairing: Clow/YuukoOther: n/aExcerpt: She hadn't been waiting for him to come. That would be soppy and romantic and mostly stupid.

Title: PupilLength: 454 wordsPrompt: 30_cracks: 22. once upon a timePairing: Clow/YuukoOther: n/aExcerpt: They'd traveled through eight worlds before Clow met himself, a stern-faced nine-year-old prince who shook his hand and welcomed him to the country that bore both their names. After that, he was addicted. He sought himself out in every world they visited, and Yuuko's wry habit of labeling him the narcissist did not deter him.

Title: ReactionLength: 100 wordsPrompt: psych_30: 12. collective unconsciousPairing: Clow/YuukoOther: n/aExcerpt: Watanuki's been reading Jung lately; he is starting to wonder if the theory of collective unconscious manifests in his employer.

Title: ReflectionLength: 649 wordsPrompt: see lyric prompt below the cutPairing: Clow/Yuuko implied; Yuuko and Watanuki genOther: Fifteenth in a series; table of contents.Excerpt: "Do you see the rabbit in the moon, Watanuki?" she asked, her voice soft and far away.

Title: Remain SilentLength: 307 wordsPrompt: 31_days: 1 Oct 09 // Today and today alsoPairing: Clow/YuukoOther: G, opiumExcerpt: She'd flip through the pages and scrawl sardonic notes in a sloppy hand, and then she'd hand them back and say, "Leave me in peace." Not that he would.

Title: RingLength: 464 wordsPrompt: see lyric prompt below the cutPairing: Clow/YuukoOther: Fourteenth in a series; table of contents.Excerpt: She didn't visit, but sometimes she walked the stones of the palace in her dreams or his, bells on her ankles and the white-and-purple dress of a princess draped across her royally.

Title: Seeing is BelievingLength: 936 wordsPrompt: 64_hexagrams: 02. receptive Pairing: kid!Clow and teen!Yuuko genOther: In same universe as the other 64_hexagrams fics.Excerpt: "Receptive to cosmic forces, Watanuki. Come on, let's take a walk."

Title: seasoned with follyLength: 270 wordsPrompt: Given a fandom, I will write a no-powers or modern-day AU.Pairing: slight Watanuki/Doumeki; Watanuki/Himawari (as in canon)Other: AU in which Yuuko runs something rather like a host club.Excerpt: Sometimes, Watanuki really thought it wasn't worth it. This was one of those times.

Title: Seeing ThingsLength: 100 wordsPrompt: psych_30: 1. transferencePairing: Clow/Yuuko; Doumeki/Watanuki impliedOther: n/aExcerpt: It has been years since spirits followed her like they follow Watanuki, but she still remembers those early decades with displeasure.

Title: SeekLength: 273 wordsPrompt: 30_cracks: 7. interest Pairing: Clow/YuukoOther: n/aExcerpt: "I haven't even cracked the code on the first sigil, darling. Yue will never forgive you for this, you know."

Title: Shoot the MoonLength: 186 wordsPrompt: 30_cracks: 17. eto; hmm; shooting down the futurePairing: Clow/YuukoOther: n/aExcerpt: "I see the threads, once it has begun, if I choose," Yuuko said, "but you see the needle begin to weave."

Title: SidesLength: 586 wordsPrompt: no_true_pair: Doumeki and Yuuko: the memory cannot keep me warm / but it never leaves me coldPairing: Doumeki and Yuuko gen; mentions of WatanukiOther: character deathExcerpt: Doumeki had been told once that the road to Hell was paved with good intentions. He'd considered for a moment and nodded. It was one of the most sensible roads to Hell, he thought. One of the widest.

Title: SlickLength: 752 wordsPrompt: clampanonmeme: Clow, Yuuko, and Clow's slippery bathtubPairing: Clow/Yuuko; some gen with the Mokona and YueOther: PG for sexual implications.Excerpt: Yuuko did not giggle. Nor did she attempt to get out of the tub. She just looked at Clow, utterly exasperated. "Slippery, yes, but that doesn't matter when someone pushes you in," she said sweetly.

Title: Slow BoilLength: 411 wordsPrompt: 31_days: 30 Oct 09 // I weep for my mother as I watch the seaPairing: Watanuki and Doumeki gen; mentions of YuukoOther: spoilers for ch182.Excerpt: It was mid-July before Watanuki pulled the kiddy pool out of storage, partly because he knew he'd have to go to the trouble of blowing it up himself.

Title: SparksLength: 761 wordsPrompt: see lyric prompt below the cutPairing: Clow/YuukoOther: Some sexual references. Eighth in a series; table of contents.Excerpt: He didn't seem bothered by the cold and it probably would have been easier for him not to have worn the outer garment at all, which meant he probably had for the express purpose of giving it to her. Yuuko couldn't decide if that was chivalrous or irritating. Both, as usual.

Title: SpentLength: 371 wordsPrompt: 31_days: 27 Oct 09 // I've squandered all these yearsPairing: Clow/YuukoOther: spoilers for ch182 as always.Excerpt: So she treasured her vices and would not apologize for indulging them-- what was the use of time if you didn't make the most of it?

Title: StaffLength: 100 wordsPrompt: psych_30: 29. repressionPairing: Clow/YuukoOther: Crossovered with Cardcaptor Sakura.Excerpt: Clow had loved her, he knew, and that was why he never went to visit her shop.

Title: SteamedLength: 501 wordsPrompt: Icon prompt for lady_kikyou.Pairing: Clow/Yuuko establishedOther: PG-13 for sexual themes and nudity.Excerpt: The world was soft and blurry, as he hadn't yet located his glasses, and he was humming a little under his breath when Yuuko struck.

Title: StrokeLength: 180 wordsPrompt: porn_battle: xxxHOLiC, Watanuki/Yuuko, slinkyPairing: slight Watanuki/YuukoOther: There is no porn here. Really. PG at best.Excerpt: The way she wrapped herself around him reminded Watanuki sometimes of Mugetsu. The pipe fox at least had a certain honesty in its affections. Yuuko touched him seemingly by whim.

Title: Stupid MagicianLength: 380 wordsPrompt: 31days_06: 1 // youth and the folly thereof Pairing: Clow/YuukoOther: n/aExcerpt: So I've seen billions of stupid young people, in my time, Clow Reed, but you are the absolute STUPIDEST.

Title: Summer NightsLength: 380 wordsPrompt: clampanonmeme: Yuuko, Clow Reed, and Haruka, smoking (and it doesn't have to be tobacco) and most likely drinking.Pairing: Clow/Yuuko and HarukaOther: G, substance useExcerpt: "Ah, fate makes fools of us all," Clow said easily. "He will be born, so he is here."

Title: Sweet as PieLength: 137 wordsPrompt: 31_days_exchnge: 22. choreography of cautionPairing: Soel and Larg genOther: Done in Soel to Larg: Mokona=Modoki no Bouken style. I am not very sorry.Excerpt: We are going to bake him a pie. Yes, Clow likes pie! He will like our pie the best. Yuuko is going to help us.

Title: SwordplayLength: 257 wordsPrompt: 30_cracks: 20. violence is good for health... in your dreamsPairing: Clow/YuukoOther: Gratuitous swordplay?Excerpt: "Perhaps violence is only good for the violencer, not for the violenced. Relieves stress, though," Yuuko said thoughtfully, pulling her blade back away from Clow's neck.

Title: TastedLength: 901 wordsPrompt: see lyric prompt below the cutPairing: Clow/YuukoOther: Some sexual references. Twelfth in a series; table of contents.Excerpt: So whenever Clow was making something, Yuuko would often be found in the kitchen, sitting up on the counter and teasing him as he went along, or at the table with a bottle of liquor and an anticipatory look.

Title: Thank MiseryLength: 83 wordsPrompt: song meme: "Thank Misery," Jill Sobule Pairing: Watanuki genOther: n/aExcerpt: He wanted his wish more than anything in the world: one had to remember that about Watanuki.

Title: There Was the WordLength: 634 wordsPrompt: Icon prompt for outou.Pairing: Clow/Yuuko; mostly Clow genOther: General TRC spoilers.Excerpt: Clow did not believe in the transience of life-- not really, deep down.

Title: 13 Things from Yuuko's DreamsLength: 1270 wordsPrompt: 13 things you remember about your childhood for the_lucky13Pairing: Yuuko gen mostlyOther: Made-up backstory; written a long time ago; sort of Jossed by TRCExcerpt: The first time one of the creatures bit me, I lay abed for a week, unable to explain why I could see them, but no one else could.

Title: The Ties That BindLength: 863 wordsPrompt: see lyric prompt below the cutPairing: Clow/YuukoOther: Third in a series; table of contents.Excerpt: Fei Wong laughed again. "Now I see why you had to hurry away to Japan, Ku Luo!" he said, slapping Clow on the back.

Title: time stays, we goLength: 637 wordsPrompt: comment_fic: xxxHOLiC, Clow/Yuuko, Yuuko KNEW time-travel was a bad idea; it's certainly a great way for Clow to annoy her.Pairing: Clow/YuukoOther: n/aExcerpt: The future certainly was a bright place. Clow shielded his eyes with a hand, wobbling a bit as he tried to get his footing.

Title: To Repeat a Familiar MistakeLength: 294 wordsPrompt: see lyric prompt below the cutPairing: Clow/YuukoOther: Tenth in a series; table of contents.Excerpt: She swept into Clow's house as if she owned it, immediately provoking Yue's ire. Then she looked Yue up and down as though she were assessing him, and smiled an odd, knowing smile. He liked her even less for what she presumed she knew.

Title: Today's AnswersLength: 863 wordsPrompt: springkink: 1 July -- xxxholic, Clow/Yuuko, the morning after - a hangover you don’t deserveOther: Title from a quote by Edgar Cayce. PG-13 for implied sex.Excerpt: "Yuuko!" he says, and the honorific has been gone for ten years or more, but that just serves to remind her how deeply she has fallen into this with him, how much she resisted, and yet how familiar his presence in her bed. They only sleep together when they are both very drunk, fumbling and laughing and biting.

Title: TouchesLength: 436 wordsPrompt: n/aPairing: Clow/YuukoOther: n/aExcerpt: "Since Yuuko-chan never asks for advice, I assumed it was serious," he replied, stealing back the pencil and adding to her drawing.

Title: TreatingLength: 500 wordsPrompt: For socchan: the one in which Mokona ate something it shouldn'tPairing: Clow/YuukoOther: Pre-canon. I used "it" as a pronoun for both of the Mokona.Excerpt: Soel might have noticed the worry in Yuuko's voice, but it was too busy trying to balance with the nausea. Larg patted its sibling.

Title: TrulyLength: 239 wordsPrompt: 31_days: 24 Oct 09 // Ask tearfully, trulyPairing: Yuuko genOther: n/aExcerpt: But when someone asked Yuuko for the truth of their futures, they didn't often like the answers she gave. Few people valued a good fortuneteller because of this.

Title: Truly FreeLength: 350 wordsPrompt: 31_days: 22 Oct 09 // Vanish quickly, for you are finally freePairing: Yuuko and Watanuki genOther: spoilers for ch182.Excerpt: There was more that she wanted to teach him, from the smallest trick to the secrets of traveling universes, even if he could only grasp the theory.

Title: TwinsLength: 357 wordsPrompt: Fic-or-treat: Maru and Moro get separated somehow for claire_chanPairing: Yuuko, Watanuki, Maru & Moro genOther: More of an AU sort of thing than the prompt. Spoilers for ch182-ish.Excerpt: Yuuko had cuddled her, called her "my little Marudashi," and it had been just the two of them for a while. Maru slept curled up across Yuuko's feet, and she dreamed of the shop and kept it strong.

Title: Two Magicians Walk into a BarLength: 715 words, split into 10 short ficsPrompt: 7rainbowprompts red table, all promptsPairing: Clow/YuukoOther: PG for Yuuko's mouth and implied naughtiness in prompt #10. Dialogue-fic.Excerpt: Well, then, get off my foot. And you should probably have your head looked at or something."

"Yes, I'm sure they'd know just what to do about prophetic visions. Adjust my reception or something."

Title: UndressedLength: 557 wordsPrompt: porn_battle: xxxHOLiC, Clow/Yuuko, cover yourself--on second thought, don'tPairing: Clow/Yuuko established relationshipOther: R for sexual situations.Excerpt: "You have a closet full of clothes that a queen would die to wear, but your preferred garb seems to be... nothing," Clow remarked in a steady voice as Yuuko stepped into their bedroom clad only in a smile and her long hair.

Title: Upon a TimeLength: 453 wordsPrompt: 31_days: 29 Oct 09 // a crow buries its secretPairing: Yuuko and Watanuki genOther: n/aExcerpt: "Once upon a time," Yuuko said, exhaling smoke that slid lazily across the air, half-forming patterns that broke as soon as Watanuki looked at them. "Once upon a time, there was a crow."

Title: Visions of SugarplumsLength: 1248 wordsPrompt: Christmas card fic for chibidlPairing: Clow/YuukoOther: PG for sexual implicationsExcerpt: She found him in the backyard, stringing garlands of popcorn onto a lovely pine tree and humming Christmas carols under his breath. He was wearing a beaten pair of yellow mittens and matching scarf that Cerberus had made for him last Christmas, and one of the brightest grins she had ever seen.

Title: WaitingLength: 416 wordsPrompt: n/aPairing: Watanuki genOther: Spoilers for xH 185.Excerpt: The kimono still smelled like her, like old smoke and sake and something floral underneath. It was a familiar smell, one that made his eyes burn. He shut them and breathed.

Title: Wasting AwayLength: 167 wordsPrompt: 30_cracks: 1. transformPairing: Clow/YuukoOther: n/aExcerpt: Whatever he did when he worked, whatever transformed him from a grinning idiot to a brilliant schemer , it took too much from him.

Title: Watanuki-chanLength: 457 wordsPrompt: wtf27: 1. gender swap Pairing: Watanuki genOther: Gender swap.Excerpt: Why had he woken up female? Only a few short months ago he would have been running around, screaming like a banshee and scared out of his mind. Instead, he looked down at his breasts and sniffed. It had to be Yuuko. It always was.

Title: What We Do Every DayLength: 448 wordsPrompt: Domesticity fic: Clow/Yuuko, teasing Watanuki together for measuringlifePairing: Clow/Yuuko; Doumeki/WatanukiOther: Post timeskip and a little weird.Excerpt: "Yuuko said that Doumeki-kun was coming by later," Clow said. "We have decided that it's time to give you the Talk about boys."

Title: where light lies brokenLength: 795 wordsPrompt: comment_fic: xxxHolic, Clow/Yuuko, "And I have seen a thousand different versions of you in every universe ever known. In some of them, we are even happy."Pairing: Clow/YuukoOther: PG for sexuality.Excerpt: "You are always dreaming," she chided lazily. "Lazy men do nothing but dream."

Title: Where You Are (defining home)Length: 257 wordsPrompt: n/aPairing: Clow/YuukoOther: Afterlife-fic. Spoilers for recent chapters.Excerpt: He tells her that he loves her all the time; he loves everything, everyone, the beings he creates, the people he guides, desserts, wines, dead languages, his hodge-podge family.

Title: which bridge to cross and which to burnLength: 869 wordsPrompt: clampkink: xxxholic, Doumeki/Watanuki meeting their parallel-universe!selves who are a happily married couple with three children. Pairing: Doumeki/WatanukiOther: Spoilers for xH Special (204b?).Excerpt: Staying in the house all the time is giving Doumeki claustrophobia. There's nothing to breathe but smoke and memories, the smell of stale alcohol and the lingering trace of a perfume that Watanuki, for all his cleaning, cannot wipe away.

Title: Woman is at Once Apple and SerpentLength: 929 wordsPairing: Clow/YuukoPrompt: n/aOther: Title from Heinrich Heine. PG for sexual implications.Excerpt: Clow nodded, and smiled, and bought fruit for the pie. When he returned to the shop, Yuuko was at repose across the kitchen table. She was lying on her back, head propped up on her arms, but she slithered to her feet when he walked in, adjusting her dress in a manner that managed to show more than it hid.

Title: WovenLength: 302 wordsPrompt: 31_days: 28 Oct 09 // you have outgrown your first kimonoPairing: Kohane gen; Yuuko and WatanukiOther: Spoilers for ch184.Excerpt: Yuuko wasn't like most people. She knew Kohane wasn't lying, but more importantly, she let her be a person, and make her own decisions.

Title: your faith was strong but you needed proofLength: 857 wordsPrompt: springkink: xxxHOLiC - Doumeki/Watanuki - moving in together - it goes like this / the fourth the fifthPairing: Doumeki/WatanukiOther: Speculation on end of canon, spoilers for ch174.Excerpt: Himawari, Doumeki, and Watanuki have a funeral for Yuuko in the park, a week after the shop disappears.